3 days away some questions...

[Denisex2boys]

Good luck and I will be thinking of you!  As far as the 'galfriend' - I too got the 'visitor' the day I was being released - it scared the crap outta me - I called my Nurse 'NORM' and he told me it was my 'friend' - but I told him I had just had a 'friend' two weeks before surgery!  He said it was from the steroids ........ thank goodness it happened the morning of my release or I would have ended up going to our local ER - how embarrassing that would have been!  That is the one thing they shoud tell us ladies can happen from the steroids - as this seems to happen to a lot of us ......

[lori67]

Oh Denise, even more embarrassing when your nurse is named Norm!   

At least the people on duty in the ER that night would have gotten a good laugh at your expense!  After you'd gone home, of course!

Jen, deep breaths....relax.... you'll be back posting before you know it!   

Lori

[Jwh]

I've been ok up to this point but now the nerves are kicking into full gear    I'm counting on those meds they gave me to get me into the OR without a meltdown.  Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Denise, I would have freaked out too!  I would've been sitting next to you at the ER.  GOOD Times! 

[wendysig]

Hi Jen,
The best advice I can give you for the next two days is do things to keep your mind off surgery - easier said than done I know.  The week before my surgery, my sister and friends kept me busy, going out to lunch, to movies, etc.  I had cleaned the house from top to bottom, packed everything I thought I would need and had nothiing else to do, so I went went with the flow and just had a good time.  It really helped me relax in the days leading up to my surgery, with the added benefit of seeing people I didn't get to set a lot of.  If you can do this at all, it really helps.  Monday is coming, enjoy today.

Best wishes,
Wendy

[Jwh]

Hi Jen,
The best advice I can give you for the next two days is do things to keep your mind off surgery - easier said than done I know.  The week before my surgery, my sister and friends kept me busy, going out to lunch, to movies, etc.  I had cleaned the house from top to bottom, packed everything I thought I would need and had nothiing else to do, so I went went with the flow and just had a good time.  It really helped me relax in the days leading up to my surgery, with the added benefit of seeing people I didn't get to set a lot of.  If you can do this at all, it really helps.  Monday is coming, enjoy today.

Best wishes,
Wendy

That is good advice to enjoy today and the moment.  I'll try ( :

[cin605]

Yes,I do remember beggin for more ice chips.
Good luck.Looking forward to hear from you soon.
Cindy

[JerseyGirl2]

Ice chips! And the little sponge on the end of a stick that the ICU nurses would soak in water and then let you suck on. I don't think I've ever been so thirsty in my life, and when my doctor visited me in the ICU shortly after I woke up I told him that if I ever happened to see a Diet Coke anywhere in that room I was going to rip out every tube in my body and crawl over to get it!

Catherine (JerseyGirl2)